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Farm Income Has Some Bright Spots, Says TD Economics

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Net farm incomes will fall across the country this year but the picture for 2011 appears promising, according to a report from TD Economics. While 2010 wasn’t the roller-coaster ride of 2008, “the unanticipated events of recent months have continued to put the planning and risk management capabilities of Canadian farmers to the test,” said
Country Crossroads

Food Shortages Are Lessons From History

Your apron is your uniform, your wooden spoon your weapon.” If you remember slogans such as this oft-cited in editorials and articles in newspapers and women’s magazines, then you have a living memory of the years of food rationing in Canada during the Second World War. Food rationing was a way of controlling commodity consumption
Country Crossroads

British War Brides Had Their Own Cookbooks

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As we spend time honouring veterans and members of our armed forces this Remembrance Day, some may think of the Canadian war brides and the impact they had on our country. What does this have to do with a cooking column? Well, recently I obtained a treasure from 1945 – a copy of theCanadian Cookbook
Cereals, Opinion

“Everything” Is Not On The Table

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Hunger that emerged as a side-effect of war left a lasting mark on European culture – one that we would do well to remember in the context of the much-heralded negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. Canadian and European negotiators have been working towards a bilateral
Crops

Resilience Key To Survival

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Modern industrial agriculture needs less efficiency and more resiliency if it’s going to feed billions more people in a world turned upside down by exploding energy prices and climate change. It sounds counterintuitive, but University of Waterloo Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon warns the current system is too “brittle” to withstand the challenges ahead. “I hate to
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

News From Eastern Europe Sparks Wheat-Buying Frenzy – for Aug. 12, 2010

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada canola futures continued to break into new bullish territory during the week ended Aug. 6, with the most actively traded November contract gaining $10 to close at a fresh contract high of $469 per tonne. Winnipeg canola
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Land-Grab Warning

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Canadian farmland is not immune to the global land grab that’s underway as corporations and countries position themselves for the prospect of future food shortages, the National Farmers Union says. “We may be on the verge of a new system wherein those who work the land do not own it – a situation that would
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Water-Gulping Companies Don’t Disclose Risk

Most publicly traded companies that depend on water do not adequately disclose their financial risks to droughts and future regulations, even as water scarcity problems mount, according to a report released Feb. 11. The report produced by Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmentalists and Swiss Bank UBS, ranked 100 of the biggest publicly traded
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Excess Liquidity Driving Up Food Prices

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Excess liquidity in global markets is driving up prices of farm commodities, which could be potentially dangerous in the near term, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said Dec. 11. With global interest rates at historic lows, investors are piling into different markets and asset classes in search of higher returns, raising concerns about possible asset
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Grains Boom With Hot Money

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Low U. S. interest rates and the weak dollar are drawing more hot money into grain markets despite the weight of mammoth crops, setting up a potential repeat of last year’s boom and bust in that market. As index funds and other big investors pour cash into futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT),

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